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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Whole Foods Day by Day

I had several requests MONTHS ago for a better idea of what we eat every day when we do whole foods. And then Baby 2 got sick and went into the hospital and then we were all sick off and on for like months after that and our eating went to pot and yeah. It has been a while. We weren't eating terribly but it wasn't awesome either and I was feeling it.

But now that glorious spring and summer produce is upon us I'm getting back into the swing of things and oh, how I love it! You'll notice a fair amount of repetition throughout the week. Because we try to eat seasonally (and locally produced, as much as possible) we end up eating a lot of the same or very similar dishes. If I were writing this in the winter you'd be seeing a butternut squash and a lot of grapefruit. Fortunately, as soon as I start to get sick one set of fruits and veggies the weather shifts and we get another set.

Also, we're not nearly as strict these days, as you'll see. We eat whole foods as much as possible but don't worry about it if we need to eat quick and easy or want to go out on Friday night.

Wednesday

Breakfast: The boys had cut up watermelon and scrambled eggs with spinach. Aaron and I had watermelon strawberry smoothies. I blended spinach and greek yogurt into mine.

Dinner: My boys had dinner with my in-laws and Aaron ate some leftovers so I made myself some spinach pasta and lightly steamed a bunch of veggies (yellow squash, carrots, green beans, asparagus, red bell pepper) and threw it all together with a smidge of cream, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper.Probably my favorite meal of the week.

Dinner: Aaron and the boys had the leftover pasta from Wednesday night. I had taco salad at a church function.

Dessert: Aaron bought me apology candy (Reese's, my absolute fav). I couldn't not eat it since that would be like not accepting his apology. I did it for our marriage

Friday

Breakfast: Watermelon strawberry smoothies for Aaron and I (sadly, we were out of yogurt and acceptable smoothie greens so I had mine straight), the boys had watermelon and oatmeal with raisins

Snack: I snuck a Reese's (it had been that kind of morning)

Lunch: I polished off the leftover pasta from Wednesday night. The boys were in a snacky mood that day and filled up on watermelon, Triscuits, string cheese, snap peas and whatever else they could find. I don't normally allow that kind of grazing but eh, it was Friday.

Dinner: Pizza at Grimaldi's. Pesto for me, red sauce and pepperoni for Aaron (the boys picked from both)

Saturday

Breakfast: Pancakes with butter and syrup, watermelon

Lunch: Leftover pizza

Dinner: Chicken curry with naan, green salad

Sunday

Breakfast: watermelon, mango, toast

Lunch: I don't think I ate lunch, actually. Which is really weird for me. Stinky had watermelon, Baby 2 napped right through (church messes with his schedule). None of us seemed to be particularly hungry.

Dinner: Quesadillas on homemade wheat tortillas. The last of the watermelon and veggies that I scraped together from our bare fridge (produce delivery is on Wednesday, so by Monday and Tuesday we're usually struggling!)

Do you have the food saver you need to make the lettuce in the jar? (I'm assuming you do, if that's what you're eating every day). If so, do you use it for other things too? The concept is definitely appeal to me.